AFSC 2016 Year in Review

Scope of Our Mission - Leading fishing port by volume: Dutch Harbor

334 Alaskan communities assessed for fisheries participation and social vulnerability and resilience

1 of 7 Jobs in Alaska is in the Seafood Industry: 55,890

2016 Year in Review

Responsible for monitoring 70 percent of United States Continental shelf

60 percent of US seafood comes from Alaska

17,444 stomachs collected diet analysis

Largest commercial fishery in US EEZ: Walleye Pollock

16 seafood market profiles

Ensuring Sustainable Fisheries: 21 surveys, 3,940 days at sea, 54 groundfish and crab stock assessments, and over 280,000 total fish measured

Whale tail image

Protecting Marine Mammals: 22,336 images (Steller sea lions and northern fur seals), 19 stock assessments updated, 100 harbor seals tagged

Seabed image

204 of 235 Steller sea lion sites surveyed

379,000 images collected of Steller sea lions from 20 remote cameras

Innovative Technologies

5,000 fish stomachs examined in the field

Communicating Our Science

11 film festivals

32,368 page views (science blog: Dispatches in the Field)

NOAA Administrator's Award: Underwater Camera Development - Scott McEntire

sea-surface image

Monitoring a Changing Environment

fish stomach image

Oiled sediments 500 (Exxon Veldez oil spill monitoring)

Airplane image

132,000 km aerial surveys of Arctic marine mammals, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, 520 hours

150,000 juvenile salmon tagged

5,175 tagged fish

173 seabird necropsies including 11 albatross

Scope of Our Mission - Leading fishing port by volume: Dutch Harbor

334 Alaskan communities assessed for fisheries participation and social vulnerability and resilience

1 of 7 Jobs in Alaska is in the Seafood Industry: 55,890

2016 Year in Review

Responsible for monitoring 70 percent of United States Continental shelf

60 percent of US seafood comes from Alaska

17,444 stomachs collected diet analysis

Largest commercial fishery in US EEZ: Walleye Pollock

16 seafood market profiles

Ensuring Sustainable Fisheries: 21 surveys, 3,940 days at sea, 54 groundfish and crab stock assessments, and over 280,000 total fish measured

Whale tail image

Protecting Marine Mammals: 22,336 images (Steller sea lions and northern fur seals), 19 stock assessments updated, 100 harbor seals tagged

Seabed image

204 of 235 Steller sea lion sites surveyed

379,000 images collected of Steller sea lions from 20 remote cameras

Innovative Technologies

5,000 fish stomachs examined in the field

Communicating Our Science

11 film festivals

32,368 page views (science blog: Dispatches in the Field)

NOAA Administrator's Award: Underwater Camera Development - Scott McEntire

sea-surface image

Monitoring a Changing Environment

fish stomach image

Oiled sediments 500 (Exxon Veldez oil spill monitoring)

132,000 km aerial surveys of Arctic marine mammals, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, 520 hours

150,000 juvenile salmon tagged

5,175 tagged fish

173 seabird necropsies including 11 albatross

Scope of Our Mission - Leading fishing port by volume: Dutch Harbor

334 Alaskan communities assessed for fisheries participation and social vulnerability and resilience

1 of 7 Jobs in Alaska is in the Seafood Industry: 55,890

2016 Year in Review

Responsible for monitoring 70 percent of United States Continental shelf

60 percent of US seafood comes from Alaska

17,444 stomachs collected diet analysis

Largest commercial fishery in US EEZ: Walleye Pollock

16 seafood market profiles

Ensuring Sustainable Fisheries: 21 surveys, 3,940 days at sea, 54 groundfish and crab stock assessments, and over 280,000 total fish measured

Whale tail image

Protecting Marine Mammals: 22,336 images (Steller sea lions and northern fur seals), 19 stock assessments updated, 100 harbor seals tagged

Seabed image

204 of 235 Steller sea lion sites surveyed

379,000 images collected of Steller sea lions from 20 remote cameras

Innovative Technologies

5,000 fish stomachs examined in the field

Communicating Our Science

32,368 page views (science blog: Dispatches in the Field)

NOAA Administrator's Award: Underwater Camera Development - Scott McEntire

sea-surface image

Monitoring a Changing Environment

fish stomach image

Oiled sediments 500 (Exxon Veldez oil spill monitoring)

132,000 km aerial surveys of Arctic marine mammals, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, 520 hours

5,175 tagged fish

173 seabird necropsies including 11 albatross

Scope of Our Mission - Leading fishing port by volume: Dutch Harbor

334 Alaskan communities assessed for fisheries participation and social vulnerability and resilience

2016 Year in Review

Responsible for monitoring 70 percent of United States Continental shelf

60 percent of US seafood comes from Alaska

Ensuring Sustainable Fisheries: 21 surveys, 3,940 days at sea, 54 groundfish and crab stock assessments, and over 280,000 total fish measured

Whale tail image

Protecting Marine Mammals: 22,336 images (Steller sea lions and northern fur seals), 19 stock assessments updated, 100 harbor seals tagged

204 of 235 Steller sea lion sites surveyed

Innovative Technologies

Seabed image

379,000 images collected of Steller sea lions from 20 remote cameras

NOAA Administrator's Award: Underwater Camera Development - Scott McEntire

sea-surface image

Monitoring a Changing Environment

173 seabird necropsies including 11 albatross

Scope of Our Mission - Leading fishing port by volume: Dutch Harbor

334 Alaskan communities assessed for fisheries participation and social vulnerability and resilience

Ensuring Sustainable Fisheries: 21 surveys, 3,940 days at sea, 54 groundfish and crab stock assessments, and over 280,000 total fish measured

Seabed image

Protecting Marine Mammals: 22,336 images (Steller sea lions and northern fur seals), 19 stock assessments updated, 100 harbor seals tagged

Innovative Technologies

sea-surface image

Monitoring a Changing Environment